Saturday Cricket Talk Time: An exciting B&H 1985-86 India vs Aussies match

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So here I am with more of the cricket talk. Today it is about a match played during the 1985-86 Tri series : Benson and Hedges World Series Cup. This was between India and Australia at Adelaide Oval. Australia played first and were at one stage in tight situation with 4 for 134 and run rate quite slow. However, allrounder Steve Waugh then played a marvelous innings with some great hits to the boundary. He scored 81 of 75 balls. In the end, wicketkeeper Wayne Philips did some big hitting and the Aussies ended up with a formidable 262 runs. In return, India did not had a good start, and lost some early wickets. Yet Sunil Gavaskar, who played brilliantly in the last few years of his career in ODIs played a brilliant knock of 77. Some of his shots square of the wicket were just superb. He was joined by Ravi Shastri who was also attacking and hit some good fours and sixes. Yet both of them were out, Shastri making a 50 plus score. Later, Kapil Dev tried but he too was out on 25. India were out for 226 runs. Bruce Reid took 5 for 53 runs and was the best Aussie bowler. Aussies won by 36 runs. An exciting match overall. Video Link: